MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 32.24,-97.00 Latitude: 32.24 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 110 SFC 991 193 25.8 23.9 90 1.8 24.5 133 7 299.7 303.2 297.9 356.1 19.22 2 950 563 25.7 21.8 79 4.0 22.9 159 25 303.3 306.6 297.8 355.4 17.56 3 900 1038 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.0 163 21 303.7 306.9 297.8 355.5 17.40 4 850 1533 18.6 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 175 16 305.6 308.2 296.3 348.5 14.33 5 800 2051 15.9 10.2 69 5.7 12.3 179 10 308.1 310.0 293.8 338.0 9.83 6 750 2599 15.7 2.5 41 13.1 8.2 246 7 313.6 314.7 292.4 332.8 6.13 7 700 3183 13.5 -3.3 31 16.7 4.8 302 7 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.2 4.29 8 650 3800 7.7 -0.9 54 8.6 3.1 321 13 317.7 318.7 293.2 335.3 5.51 9 600 4453 2.8 -5.7 54 8.4 -1.3 322 13 319.3 320.1 292.5 332.9 4.18 10 550 5153 0.1 -21.3 18 21.5 -7.1 281 18 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.7 1.27 11 500 5909 -4.9 -12.9 54 8.0 -8.2 282 30 327.0 327.6 293.5 336.7 2.84 12 450 6729 -11.1 -16.0 67 4.9 -12.9 266 29 329.3 329.8 293.8 337.8 2.45 13 400 7622 -17.5 -19.5 85 1.9 -18.1 268 25 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.05 14 350 8607 -24.6 -27.0 81 2.4 -25.2 269 28 335.5 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.20 15 300 9709 -33.6 -36.5 75 2.9 -34.0 269 42 338.0 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.56 16 250 10961 -44.2 -47.6 69 3.3 -44.5 275 52 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12414 -55.4 -59.4 61 4.0 -55.5 281 58 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14208 -64.1 -81.7 7 17.7 -64.2 284 64 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16637 -73.0 -87.1 10 14.2 -73.0 262 25 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.56 m Freezing level: 548.57 mb = 5174.85 m = 16977.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4249.84 m = 13942.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.00 mb = 424.77 m = 1393.59 ft T: 25.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1134.00 m = 3720.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 23.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2306.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.36 mb = 966.15 m = 3169.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.36 mb = 1307.83 m = 4290.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.36 mb = 2349.51 m = 7708.28 ft B at Equ Level: 33.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.36 mb = 3273.92 m = 10741.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -36.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -21.3 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 25.76 Bulk Shear: 89.56 m/s